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MODERNET Establishing a European netw ork for m onitoring trends in occupational diseases and new and em erging occupational risks Coronel Institute, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam

New Risks: Occupational infectious diseases

New risks: also for the next generation

Burden of occupational diseases • Every year 300.000 people die of work-related diseases in the EU • The estimated incidence of occupational diseases in Europe is 30 million cases per year • The estimated economic losses amount to more than € 800 billion every year (4% of the gross domestic product of the Region)

EU Strategy on occupational health and safety 2 0 0 7 -2 0 1 2 • Work-related illness and accidents should be cut by a quarter across the EU: – Improving and simplifying existing legislation and enhancing its implementation – Defining and implementing national strategies – Mainstreaming of health and safety at work in other national and European policy areas (education, public health, research) and finding new synergies – Better identifying and assessing potential new risks through m ore research, exchange of know ledge and practical application of results

Goals of MODERNET ( FP7 -project proposal) • Establishing a network for monitoring trends in occupational diseases and new and emerging occupational risks • Improving methods of data processing, validity testing and assessment of economic impact • Rapid exchange of information and appropriate preventive actions

Participants • Academic Medical Center, Netherlands Center of Occupational Diseases ( NL ) (D.Spreeuwers) • University of Manchester, Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health ( UK ) (R.Agius) • Finnish Institute of Occupational Health ( FI N ) (H.Taskinen) • Department of Occupational Health, National Institute of Public Health ( CZ ) (P .Urban) • Occupational Medicine Clinic, University of Milan ( I T ) (C.Colosio) • Supported by W HO

W orkpackages • 1. Development and maintenance of the network • 2. Connecting monitoring and reporting systems • 3. Data processing • 4. Testing the validity of trends and signals of new risks, and their interpretation • 5. Assessment of economic impact • 6. Exchange of information • 7. Appropriate actions

Steering group Project group Expert group including stakeholders Centre 1 Centre 2 Centre 3 Centre n Network Communication area Signals/ Information